Exploring classic comedy can often feel more like anthropology than entertainment, and today, names like Lenny Bruce are met with vague reverence instead of knowing laughs. Still, some comedy from decades past is as funny now as it ever was.
The Chicago Tribune has just released 50 never-before-seen photos of many of today's top actors back when they were struggling comedians at Second City. Try to see how many actors you can guess without cheating inside!
Some stupid boy getting you down? There's a gay for that! So if you're thinking of drowning your sorrows in a lake, all you need is a sassy gay to set your ass straight—straighter than he'll ever be!
Chicago's Second City comedy troupe has a show called "Rod Blagojevich Superstar." And because he is insane, the real Rod Blagojevich went to a performance of the show about how he was impeached as governor after being indicted for corruption.
